Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 19714
(formerly occ/3257)

	+ τὴν χρυσοτευκτόστικτον \| ἀργυφῆ βίβλον· \|
	ἣν ἐκρότησε τοῦ θ(εο)ῦ τελ(ῶν) στόμα· \|
	τ(ῶν) ποιμεναρχ(ῶν) γρη(γό)ρ(ιος) ἀκρότ(ης), \|
	τεύξ(ας) μοναστ(ὴς) ἰωσὴφ ἀρχηγέτ(ης) \|
	μον(ῆς) μοναστ(ῶν) παντοκράτορος λόγ(ου)· \|
	τ(ῆς) παντανάσσ(ης) τῆ μονῆ δῶρ(ον) νέμει,
	εἰς λύτρ(ον) εἰς κάθαρσ(ιν) ἀγνοημ(ά)τ(ων)· +

Type(s)	[3794] Τὴν χρυσοτευκτόστικτον ἀργυφῆ βίβλον (7 verses)
Text source	DBBE
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1126-1150
Manuscript	SINAI - Mone tes Hagias Aikaterines - gr. 339 [1126-1175]
Place in Manuscript	f. 437v
Person(s)	Patron Ioseph Hagioglykerites (1101-1150) - VGH: 220.C (abbas of the Pantokrator Monastery < Konstantinoupolis < Turkey)
Palaeographical information	Written in golden ink.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram
Subject(s)	Gregorios of Nazianzos < Cappadocia (329 - 25/01/390) - PBW: Gregorios/128/
Comment	Another image of the epigram can be found in Weitzmann 1990: fig. 471.
Image source(s)	https://www.loc.gov/resource/amedmonastery.00279380964-ms/?sp=449
Bibliography	Primary V. Gardthausen, 1886, Catalogus codicum graecorum sinaiticorum, Oxford: 72 D. Harlfinger, D. Reinsch, J. Sonderkamp, G. Prato, 1983, Specimina Sinaitica. Die datierten griechischen Handschriften des Katharinen-Klosters auf dem Berge Sinai, 9. bis 12. Jahrhundert, Berlin: 46 J. Noret 1978, Les manuscrits sinaïtiques de Grégoire de Nazianze (1re partie), Byzantion, 48(1), 146-207: 156-157 K. Weitzmann, G. Galavaris, 1990, The Monastery of Saint Catherine at Mount Sinai. The Illuminated Greek Manuscripts. From the Ninth to the Twelfth Century (vol. 1), Princeton: 140
Number of verses	7
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Raf Praet Transcriber(s) Maria Tomadaki Contributor(s) Nina Sietis
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